Two Rocks · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Two Rocks

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

High vehicle ownership and a strong reliance on cars define Two Rocks, where only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of public transport stops compared to most similar places, the vast majority of residents still depend on their own cars to get around.

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📍 Two Rocks, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 40.5% having two vehicles and 14.4% having three. Only 2.6% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.6% ▼ -41.8%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Two Rocks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 58.5% of people being the driver. Only 7% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

7.0% ▲ +83.1%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.7% ▼ -2.4%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In Two Rocks, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 33 public transport stops, and 8.63 stops per 1,000 people is well above the Western Australian figure. Despite this and a high number of weekly departures, all public transport is served by buses.

8.63

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

1,834.9

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).

0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

3,822

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 43 minutes, which is lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 16 minutes.

16

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

43

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Two Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51475/two-rocks/topic/transport